NOVELTIES #18

MARQUES ALMEIDA wins 2015 lvmh prize

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The judges Delphine Arnault, Nicolas
Ghesquière, Karl Lagerfeld, Phoebe Philo, Raf Simons, Riccardo Tisci, Marc
Jacobs, Jonathan Anderson, Carol Lim, Humberto Leon, Jean-Paul Claverie, and
Pierre-Yves Roussel, decided. Among almost a thousand applicants from all over
the world and in the final phase among 7 finalist, including Arthur Arbesser, Craig
Green, Vetments, Faustine Steinmetz,
Jacquemus and Off-White c/o Virgil Abloh, the
Portugese design duo Marta Marques and Paulo Almeida, best known as
Marques´Almeida, won the second annual LVMH. Beside the 300.000 Eur, the prize
consist also from a year´s mentorship from executives in the world´s largest
luxury company. There was also a special jury prize,
consisted of 150.000 and as well the
coaching year, won by Simon Porte Jacquemus.